Index: linux-2.6.29/drivers/net/dm9000.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.29.orig/drivers/net/dm9000.c	2009-11-17 09:31:34.789839908 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.29/drivers/net/dm9000.c	2009-11-17 12:53:58.494345290 -0600
@@ -1407,9 +1407,14 @@
 			ndev->dev_addr[i] = ior(db, i+DM9000_PAR);
 	}
 
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)){
+		printk("Unable to read MAC address: Generating random value ...\n");
+		random_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
+		printk(KERN_INFO "The random generated MAC address: %pM will be assigned to your device\n", ndev->dev_addr);
+	}
+
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
-		dev_warn(db->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
-			 "set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);
+		printk("Failed to assigned a random MAC address\n");
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
 	ret = register_netdev(ndev);